Tag: awkward
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Parental Leave
Yeah, that’s right: I’m taking a day off for each time I went through labor. Every year. Forever.
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Party Crashers
Maybe it seems weird to imagine attending a stranger’s birthday party and nobody realizing it, but especially for those younger kid parties: you might not have ever met any of the parents or the other kids. Fun fact: little kids can be hilariously bad at identifying people! Trust but verify.
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Stalk Photo
So imagine you’re at work while your spouse is keeping track of your children when an unknown number texts you a photo of one of your children without a clear location-identifying background or other people in it and no context.
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Know Your Audience
On the plus side, my kids’ hearing has been fine so far. Which means they have been tuning me out with a mental rather than physical filter.
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Snack SNAFU
Another time during the summer another mom was thinking about how nice it would be if the snack parent brought popsicles! …then as the game ended she realized that she was the snack parent.
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Stand Up Guy
But then, as I was reminded last week: the shorter you are the more places you can hide in for hide-and-seek.
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Grant Me Patience
The being-an-established-couple-at-a-wedding struggle is real. My kid wasn’t the only one asking the awkward questions, just the youngest.
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Kindred Spirits
Even though we were strangers, I feel like we could have a lot in common. But I’m still glad we’re never going to meet again.